CarePort®, powered by WellSky® Expands Strategic Data Connections Across the U.S. to Streamline Post-Discharge Care Coordination
Enhanced interoperability helps hospitals and health systems achieve value-based care and better health outcomes
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CarePort, powered by WellSky, a market leader in care transitions, today announced that through partnerships, the CarePort platform has significantly expanded its data connections across the U.S., providing expanded visibility into a growing number of providers and increased care coordination capabilities across the continuum. With these enhancements, CarePort is powering smarter care at a lower cost to achieve elevated health outcomes for patients and their families.
Now connected to 17 heath information exchanges (HIEs) and data sources in the country and growing, CarePort simplifies the sharing of important patient data. CarePort’s clients can access admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) event notifications and Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs) within the CarePort platform, allowing for:
- More complete patient utilization histories
- Additional clinical data including labs, medications, results, and procedure information
- Expanded alerting capabilities from additional sites of care
- Improved accuracy for reporting through enhanced analytics
- Improved transitional care management and value-based workflows
“In partnering with key stakeholders across the U.S., CarePort is gathering essential data that helps achieve seamless care transitions, reduce unnecessary rehospitalizations, and streamline care coordination efforts as patients move throughout the care continuum,” said Dr. Lissy Hu, CEO and founder of CarePort, powered by WellSky. “Through these efforts, CarePort is enabling care providers to deliver the right care, at the right time, in the right setting to achieve better health outcomes.”
Providers that leverage the CarePort platform gain access to a robust network of more than 1,000 hospitals and 130,000 post-acute providers across the country. Bolstered by these new data connections, providers receive actionable, real-time, and contextually relevant patient information from this expanded network, regardless of care setting, geographical location, or other networks used.
“We’re proud to facilitate the secure access of data to enable providers across acute and post-acute care,” shared Hu. “CarePort is always in search of new ways to expand its network and enhance its data and analytics capabilities to give care teams the necessary tools to improve patient care and optimize outcomes.”
About CarePort®, powered by WellSky®
CarePort is the leading care coordination network with thousands of providers connected across the U.S. The end-to-end platform bridges acute and post-acute EHR data, providing visibility into the entire patient journey for providers, physicians, payers, and ACOs. With CarePort, healthcare professionals can efficiently and effectively coordinate patient care to better manage patients as they move through the continuum. CarePort helps providers meet and comply with the patient event notification Condition of Participation as part of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule and the IMPACT Act. Read more about CarePort on careporthealth.com, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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